This was the first of Stewart's three forays into the standards repertoire, and it went platinum. The 14 well-chosen tracks included "That Old Feeling," "Moonglow," "The Way You Look Tonight," "The Very Thought of You," "I'll Be Seeing You," "These Foolish Things," and "Every Time We Say Goodbye."

"Rod's nearer 60 than 50 now, the right age to tackle such venerable classics, and he's clearly given plenty of consideration to the phrasing and delivery of songs such as 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' and 'It Had to Be You'. … demonstrating that doing standards isn't just a matter of wanting to emulate Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett … but of having developed a voice with a singular enough character of its own to breathe new life into the material. Rod's singing here has a pleasing, smoky quality and a sly worldliness that animates these songs in his own distinctive manner…. Surprisingly agreeable."—The Independent